# What are the top and the best 'conservative' websites? **URL:** \ **Category:** In My Humble Opinion\ **Created:** [November 15, 2006, 3:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-are-the-top-and-the-best-conservative-websites/380528 "2006-11-15T15:06:13Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 16\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Philster](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/13edae/32.png) [@Philster](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Philster)\ **Post date:** [November 15, 2006, 3:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-are-the-top-and-the-best-conservative-websites/380528/1 "2006-11-15T15:06:13Z")
In your humble conservative opinion, which are the best? Also, what are the most popular? I’m trying to get a sense from conservative Dopers on how they perceive what is a good outlet for conservative views. I have my spots (to prevent polling bias I won’t mention), but I was curious about my fellow conservative Dopers, and your take on it. Thanks. ---
**Author:** ![Martin\_Hyde](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/47e85d/32.png) [@Martin\_Hyde](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Martin_Hyde)\ **Post date:** [November 15, 2006, 3:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-are-the-top-and-the-best-conservative-websites/380528/2 "2006-11-15T15:09:00Z")
I’m not sure I’m aware of one. I tend to stay away from places that have strong ideological bents, in fact I usually prefer to read very liberal websites because I think it is good to get the other side’s view of things. The Cato Institute has a good website with a lot of articles ([www.cato.org](http://www.cato.org)) but it’s a libertarian website, not Conservative, and I personally don’t identify with many of their ideas but I find them worth reading about. ---
**Author:** ![Dorjan](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/dorjan/32/12440_2.png) [@Dorjan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dorjan)\ **Post date:** [November 15, 2006, 3:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-are-the-top-and-the-best-conservative-websites/380528/3 "2006-11-15T15:50:23Z")
I’m far from a conservative, but even I enjoy [James Lilek’s](http://www.lileks.com/) website. ---
**Author:** ![Sarahfeena](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/sarahfeena/32/519_2.png) [@Sarahfeena](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sarahfeena)\ **Post date:** [November 15, 2006, 4:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-are-the-top-and-the-best-conservative-websites/380528/4 "2006-11-15T16:18:32Z")
I like [Townhall](http://www.townhall.com/). It has the most comprehensive library of conservative columnists I have found on the web. ---
**Author:** ![FriarTed](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/friarted/32/1052_2.png) [@FriarTed](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/FriarTed)\ **Post date:** [November 16, 2006, 12:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-are-the-top-and-the-best-conservative-websites/380528/5 "2006-11-16T12:51:42Z")
[QUOTE=Sarahfeena] I like [Townhall](http://www.townhall.com/). It has the most comprehensive library of conservative columnists I have found on the web. [/QUOTE] I hit Townhall about every other day. Alas, I always make the mistake of reading the readers comments to the columns. Talk about stereotype-fulfillment. WSL’s [opinionjournal.com](http://opinionjournal.com) is pretty good. For an occasional change, I check out the libertarian [lewrockwell.com](http://lewrockwell.com), which alas also contains a lot of wingnuts, Right and Left (the latter being attracted by the site’s anti-war stance). ---
**Author:** ![ivylass](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/9de053/32.png) [@ivylass](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ivylass)\ **Post date:** [November 16, 2006, 12:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-are-the-top-and-the-best-conservative-websites/380528/6 "2006-11-16T12:53:14Z")
I like [Power Line](http://www.powerlineblog.com/). They’re the ones that broke the Dan Rather MemoGate brouhaha. ---
**Author:** ![Crotalus](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/crotalus/32/41_2.png) [@Crotalus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Crotalus)\ **Post date:** [November 16, 2006, 1:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-are-the-top-and-the-best-conservative-websites/380528/7 "2006-11-16T13:21:37Z")
I’m a conservative. My favorite source of political opinion writing is [Real Clear Politics.](http://www.realclearpolitics.com/index.html) I’ve read that the founders of the site are conservative, but the writing (links to other sources, mostly) covers the spectrum, so I get a wide range of views. ---
**Author:** ![ivylass](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/9de053/32.png) [@ivylass](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ivylass)\ **Post date:** [November 16, 2006, 2:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-are-the-top-and-the-best-conservative-websites/380528/8 "2006-11-16T14:11:39Z")
I also like Neal Boortz’ [Neal’s Nuze](http://boortz.com/nuze/index.html). He has a strong libertarian bent (he was in favor of disconnecting life support for Terry Schiavo) and he always has lots of interesting links. ---
**Author:** ![ITR\_champion](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/c67d28/32.png) [@ITR\_champion](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ITR_champion)\ **Post date:** [November 16, 2006, 3:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-are-the-top-and-the-best-conservative-websites/380528/9 "2006-11-16T15:30:01Z")
[The American Chesterton Society](http://www.chesterton.org/) is devoted to early 20th century author G. K. Chesterton. While most of the website is devoted to his writings, they also maintain a blog that sometimes focuses on current events. [Tech Central Station](http://www.techcentralstation.com/) has wide-ranging commentary on economic issues, and good, intelligent writing. As for whether their arguments are solid, it’s somewhat hit or miss, but definitely better than anyone who’s buying google ads on the SDMB. ---
**Author:** ![Sarahfeena](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/sarahfeena/32/519_2.png) [@Sarahfeena](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sarahfeena)\ **Post date:** [November 16, 2006, 4:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-are-the-top-and-the-best-conservative-websites/380528/10 "2006-11-16T16:55:24Z")
[QUOTE=FriarTed] I hit Townhall about every other day. Alas, I always make the mistake of reading the readers comments to the columns. Talk about stereotype-fulfillment. [/QUOTE] Oh, geez, is it? I never read comments to any columns or blog entries on the web, no matter what flavor of website it is…you almost never read anything of any intelligence whatsoever, so I gave up on it. ---
**Author:** ![elmwood](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/elmwood/32/3060_2.png) [@elmwood](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/elmwood)\ **Post date:** [November 16, 2006, 5:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-are-the-top-and-the-best-conservative-websites/380528/11 "2006-11-16T17:11:48Z")
I’m a liberal, but I still like [City Journal](http://www.city-journal.org/), a conservative-leaning urban affairs magazine. I often find myself agreeing with many of the opinions published there. ---
**Author:** ![TheLoadedDog](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/35a633/32.png) [@TheLoadedDog](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TheLoadedDog)\ **Post date:** [November 17, 2006, 12:51am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-are-the-top-and-the-best-conservative-websites/380528/12 "2006-11-17T00:51:45Z")
I’m a conservative, but I’m not a US-style religious one. A lot of the conservative sites turn me off with their God, guns ‘n’ guts stuff. ---
**Author:** ![Rodgers01](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/b19c9b/32.png) [@Rodgers01](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Rodgers01)\ **Post date:** [November 17, 2006, 1:02am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-are-the-top-and-the-best-conservative-websites/380528/13 "2006-11-17T01:02:28Z")
I think of myself as pretty independent, but among the conservative sites I sometimes checkout are: [Opinion Journal](http://opinionjournal.com/) – The Wall Street Journal’s opinion page. [Captain’s Quarters](http://www.captainsquartersblog.com/) – Haven’t actually read too much of this one, but saw it listed as one of the best conservative blogs, so I bookmarked it. [Andrew Sullivan](http://time.blogs.com/daily_dish/) – Conservative, even when that means anti-Republican, if you know what I mean. ---
**Author:** ![BrainGlutton](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/82dd89/32.png) [@BrainGlutton](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BrainGlutton)\ **Post date:** [November 17, 2006, 5:05am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-are-the-top-and-the-best-conservative-websites/380528/14 "2006-11-17T05:05:27Z")
[QUOTE=Rodgers01] [Andrew Sullivan](http://time.blogs.com/daily_dish/) – Conservative, even when that means anti-Republican, if you know what I mean. [/QUOTE] Does it mean the same thing as with Pat Buchanan’s [The American Conservative](http://www.amconmag.com/) and the [America First Party](http://www.americafirstparty.org/) (i.e., nativist paleocon)? ---
**Author:** ![Sam\_Stone](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/ecccb3/32.png) [@Sam\_Stone](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sam_Stone)\ **Post date:** [November 17, 2006, 8:36am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-are-the-top-and-the-best-conservative-websites/380528/15 "2006-11-17T08:36:38Z")
Glenn Reynolds is a law professor in Tennessee. His site, InstaPundit, is one of the most popular conservative blogs around. He doesn’t do a lot of in-depth commentary himself, but he’s an excellent content filter. He always seems to be the first to link to breaking stories or critical political issues, so a lot of people use him as their jumping-off gateway when browsing the conservative web sites. National Review Online is an independent-thinking conservative web site. The editors run the spectrum from neo-cons to old paleo-conservatives to libertarians. A lot of powerful conservative movers and shakers write there. For example, the current issue has articles by Michael Ledeen and David Frum (the speechwriter who gave Bush the ‘Axis of Evil’ phrase), and they often publish people like Newt Gingrich, John McCain, Milton Friedman (RIP), and William F. Buckley. I don’t agree with a lot of what I read on there, but it’s often thought provoking and a good representation of the other side. I especially like [The Corner](http://corner.nationalreview.com/), National Review’s blog. It’s a group blog, and the people there debate each other regularly. And aside from a handful of lightweights, there are some really smart people there. And sometimes there’s even non-political discussions about things like the greatness of **Firefly** or **Buffy the Vampire Slayer** , Or John Derbyshire’s excellent asides on mathematics and its history (he writes books about this stuff). And he built a cool [tree house](http://www.olimu.com/journalism/Texts/Commentary/Straggler19-TreeHouse.htm) ([photos](http://olimu.com/Notes/TreeHouse/TreeHouse.htm)) For the more Libertarian take on things, [Reason Online](http://www.reasonmag.com/) is pretty good. Their blog, [Hit and Run](http://www.reasonmag.com/blog) is usually pretty good. ---
**Author:** ![rowrrbazzle](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/rowrrbazzle/32/414_2.png) [@rowrrbazzle](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/rowrrbazzle)\ **Post date:** [November 17, 2006, 10:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-are-the-top-and-the-best-conservative-websites/380528/16 "2006-11-17T22:19:09Z")
[http://www.weeklystandard.com/](http://www.weeklystandard.com/) has good content. Instapundit is my first stop after the SDMB. If he posted here instead of on his blog, he’d be considered a respected poster. In fact, before starting his blog, he was a respected commenter on Slate, which is where he first used the handle “Instapundit”. He links to interesting opinions; and his own views, when given, are brief and clear. He’s also conscientious about linking to reasonable opposing views and admitting and correcting his occasional error. However, he’s not a conservative, as he himself will say, even though he’s respected by NRO, for example, and called that by liberals. Among other things, he’s in favor of gay marriage and embryonic stem cell research. He even worked on Al Gore’s 1988 campaign. But he’s also in favor of the War on Terror, which is all you need to be considered conservative by liberals. He’s also against excessive control on gun ownership. And as to the worth of Andrew Sullivan and his claim of being conservative, read comments about him on the above-mentioned NRO and Instapundit.